Article 20Concentrations and notification thresholds

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, a concentration shall be deemed to arise where a change of control on a lasting basis results from either of the following:

(a)

the merger of two or more previously independent undertakings or parts of undertakings;

(b)

the acquisition, by one or more persons already controlling at least one undertaking, or by one or more undertakings, whether by purchase of securities or assets, by contract or by any other means, of direct or indirect control of the whole or parts of one or more other undertakings.

2. The creation of a joint venture performing on a lasting basis all the functions of an autonomous economic entity shall constitute a concentration within the meaning of paragraph 1.

3. For the purposes of this Regulation, a notifiable concentration shall be deemed to arise where, in a concentration:

(a)

at least one of the merging undertakings, the acquired undertaking or the joint venture is established in the Union and generates an aggregate turnover in the Union of at least EUR 500 million; and

(b)

the following undertakings were granted combined aggregate financial contributions of more than EUR 50 million from third countries in the three years preceding the conclusion of the agreement, the announcement of the public bid, or the acquisition of a controlling interest:

(i)

in the case of an acquisition, the acquirer or acquirers and the acquired undertaking;

(ii)

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